DavidS... that is fantastic!!!! most people with high end PCPs cant match those groups at 100 yards...wow.
Quote from: Alanheal on March 20, 2014, 02:02:24 PMI do have one complaint about my Daisy 880. Every so often I like to have a new toy, so I decided to buy a telescopic site. The only problem is, I can't rationalize spending the money, because the Daisy shoots so straight with open sights, that a scope wouldn't be an improvement. Start doing some target shooting out past 40 yards . That will give you an excuse to scope your Daisy 880. And so long as you can compensate for drop and wind accurately it can make some very small groups out as far as 100 yards (1.2 inches for me at 105 Yards standing with out a rest, though I am not a very good shot).
I do have one complaint about my Daisy 880. Every so often I like to have a new toy, so I decided to buy a telescopic site. The only problem is, I can't rationalize spending the money, because the Daisy shoots so straight with open sights, that a scope wouldn't be an improvement.
Quote from: DavidS on March 20, 2014, 10:56:31 PMQuote from: Alanheal on March 20, 2014, 02:02:24 PMI do have one complaint about my Daisy 880. Every so often I like to have a new toy, so I decided to buy a telescopic site. The only problem is, I can't rationalize spending the money, because the Daisy shoots so straight with open sights, that a scope wouldn't be an improvement. Start doing some target shooting out past 40 yards . That will give you an excuse to scope your Daisy 880. And so long as you can compensate for drop and wind accurately it can make some very small groups out as far as 100 yards (1.2 inches for me at 105 Yards standing with out a rest, though I am not a very good shot)."Not a very good shot"!! I think 1.2 inches at 105 yards would be good enough to take the Olympic gold metal.
105 yards is close enough to 100 meters so if we scale that back to a 10 meter target that means you are putting 100% of your shots into 0.12" at 10 meters, offhand with a Daisy 880, except that the 10 meter shooting would be very much easier with no wind or bullet drop to enlarge the group. One inch at 100 yards from a bench rest is excellent accuracy.
RE:Start doing some target shooting out past 40 yards . That will give you an excuse to scope your Daisy 880. And so long as you can compensate for drop and wind accurately it can make some very small groups out as far as 100 yards (1.2 inches for me at 105 Yards standing with out a rest, though I am not a very good shot).1.2 inches at 105 yards sounds really good! That must be very satisfying. So far my backyard limits me to 25 yards ( it's a suburban area surrounded by farms). I would love the challenge of targets at 100 yards. I'm relatively new to this area and haven't found an appropriate location yet. At those distances do you use a spotting scope to see the hit, or can you see it with the scope?
Quote from: mudduck48 on March 19, 2014, 04:25:56 PMSo there I was sitting there sitting there thinking about the 30wtND oil and it came to me. Compressor oil is 30wt and it has to be ND or it will foam up in the crank case. I have some Sta-lube compressor oil. I think I will try it. What do you think? I used to work at a compressor repair shop and the oil we used was 30wtND. should be the same thing yes. If it were my oil and my AG I would use it. It certainly is worth a try. It will either make your AG better, or it will verify that you got a dud. Either way.... you know. A win/win. While you are at it put some in your "real" 880 that needs seals and see what happens.
So there I was sitting there sitting there thinking about the 30wtND oil and it came to me. Compressor oil is 30wt and it has to be ND or it will foam up in the crank case. I have some Sta-lube compressor oil. I think I will try it. What do you think? I used to work at a compressor repair shop and the oil we used was 30wtND.
Quote from: coyotejoe on March 21, 2014, 12:47:59 PM105 yards is close enough to 100 meters so if we scale that back to a 10 meter target that means you are putting 100% of your shots into 0.12" at 10 meters, offhand with a Daisy 880, except that the 10 meter shooting would be very much easier with no wind or bullet drop to enlarge the group. One inch at 100 yards from a bench rest is excellent accuracy.Unfortunately I only get about 0.2 inch groups at 10 Meters. For some reason getting the 1.2 inch groups at 105 yards is easier. I think it has to do with psycology. Though as I said how many hunt pigeon at those distances? They have to have a reliable 0.25 inch group at that distance. So my shot is not impressive at all.Though thank you for making me feel good
With Winchester pointed 9.68 grain pellets it is 57.82 inches (12 pumps). I use a 4x mill dot scope (forget the brand).So it comes out to about 7.6 mil dots after I adjust my scope .
Has anyone ever used a peep sight with a daisy 880, or improvised a sight? It's difficult to fine tune the current sight with that one screw.
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